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Source: Who's who in the Pacific Southwest: a compilation of authentic
biographical sketches of citizens of Southern California and Arizona.
Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Print. & Binding House, 1913, 406 pgs.
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clerk and traveling salesman with W.
& I. Steinhart & Co., San Francisco,
and Steinhart, Adler & Co., New York
city; traveled for Heidelberg, Wolf
& Co., New York city; moved to Los
Angeles, Cal., in 1893, and entered
firm of Harris & Frank, of which he is
vice-pres. and gen. mgr.; dir. L.
Harris Realty Co. Member Jonathan and
Concordia clubs, Los Angeles; San
Gabriel Valley Country and Pasadena
Gun clubs; Masonic fraternity; Shrine;
B. P. O. E.; Board of Directors and
treas. Humane Soc. for Prevention of
Cruelty to Children. Christian
Scientist.
AISBITT, Mathew S.
Physician. Res. 1235 W. 50th st.; office 215 Henne
Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Oct. 29,
1831; son of Thomas and Isabella
(Todd) Aisbitt. Married to Margaret
Gladstone in 1859. Attended public
and private schools of his native town;
graduated from N. Y. Eclectic Medical
College in 1871. First employ-
ment was in goldstone and gold
mines; engaged in mining in Australia,
1858; returned to England and after
brief stay moved to America in 1863
and began study of medicine in New
York; after graduation returned to
England and practiced medicine one
year; again moved to America, 1876,
and engaged in practice in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, until 1894; in Cal., 1894
to date. Professor of mental and
nervous diseases in Cal. Eclectic
Medical College, Los Angeles, Cal., 1906 to
date. Member County Eclectic Soc.
Republican. Episcopalian.
AKERMAN, John Sutherland.
Merchant. Res. 2346 Second st.; office
1311 E st., San Diego, Cal. Born in
London, England. May 16, 1860; son
of John Thomas and Ellen (Stephens)
Akerman. Married to Bessie Lewis
in 1901. Graduated from Homerton
Congregational College, London;
Technological College, London, Eng.;
office boy in London, 1875; with
Ellinger & Son, London, 1875-88; moved
to Cal. in 1889 and entered commis-
sion business; assisted in the organi-
zation of the Pacific Wood & Coal
Co., of which he now is secy. and dir.
Secy. and dir. Garrettson Investment
Co.; Rose Canon Brick Co.; San Diego
Cycle & Arms Co. Former trustee of
Normal School; former pres.
Chamber of Commerce; vice-pres. Y. M. C. A.
Member Cuyamaca and Country
clubs; San Diego Rowing Club, of
which he was pres., 1901-08.
Episcopalian.
AKIN, John J.
Railway official.
Res. 843 Beacon st. ; office 702 Pacific
Electric Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born
in Chicago, Ill., Aug. 26, 1848; son
of Edward H. and Sophronia C.
(Merrill) Akin. Married to Margueretta
S. Miller in 1878. Attended public
schools of Joliet, Ill. 1855-61;
Hennepin, Ill., 1861-65; Ill. Military
Academy and Western Union College,
Fulton, Ill., 1865; Ann Arbor (Mich.)
High School, 1866; Univ. of Mich.,
Ann Arbor, 1867. Secy. Joliet Woolen
Mills, 1870-71; bookkeeper with
Mason & Plant Lumber Co., Joliet
Ill., 1872; mgr. Sheppard & Henry,
saw mills, Newbarth and Henry, Tex.,
1873-74; cashier and dir. Roodhouse
Bank, Roodhouse, Ill., 1876-77; asst.
cashier and dir. Will County National
Bank, Joliet, Ill., 1878; moved to Neb.
in 1880, and became member of firm
of Stewart & Akin, bankers; discount
clerk First National Bank, Chicago,
Ill., 1881-87; cashier of Park National
Bank, Chicago, 1887-88; moved to Los
Angeles, 1888, and was appointed supt.
of the Los Angeles Ry. Corp., and
predecessors, 1889, which position he
has held to date. Member Jonathan,
Los Angeles Country and Los Angeles
City clubs; Automobile Club of
So. Cal.
ALBERS, August Wilhelmj.
Violin soloist and teacher. Res. 1213 Second
st., Santa Monica, Cal.; office 708
Majestic: Theatre Bldg., Los Angeles,
Cal. Born in Bremen, Germany, Dec.
7, 1879; son of Gustave Adolph and
Carolina (Uttman) Albers. First les-
sons received at age of six years, from
his father; early education received in
Germany; attended school in San
Antonio, Tex, 1880; Moberly, Mo., 1888;
Fort Sam Houston under Lieut.
Garrison, U. S. A.; attended and gradu-
ated from St. Mary's College, San
Antonio Tex. 1891-95; special pupil of
Max Mendelsohn in Chicago, Ill.,
1896-98; of Henry Irving in Pittsburg,
Pa., 1898; studied harmony
with Dr. August Schemisel of Berlin,
Germany. Moved to America in 1886;
settled for a while in St. Louis Mo.;
traveled with Goetz Symphony
Orchestra, of which his father was con-
cert master, 1887-88; moved to
Moberly, Mo., 1888; to New Orleans, La.,
1889; to San Antonio, Tex.; took
charge of Beethoven Conservatory of
Music, of which Dr. August Schemmel
was pres., San Antonio, Tex.,
1901; played in and directed Grand
Opera House Orchestra. San Antonio,
Tex., 1901-03; with Bogar's Royal
Hungarian Orchestra, St. Louis,
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